Belt-stretcher



(No-Model.)

Z. FROST.

BELT STRETOHER'. 110.267.5-12.

WITNESSES INVENTOR @aflM I f BY MW fii ATTORNEYS.

N. PETERS. Fhotn-Llthngrap'ner. Washington. D. c.

Patented Nov. 14, 1882.

pivoted arms shaped to hold the buckle or the TINTTE STATES PATENTOFFICE.

ZARDA FROST, OF KINMUIIDY, ILLINOIS.

BELT-STRETCHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 267,512, dated November14, 1882.

-Application filed September 19,1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ZARDA FROST, ofKinniundy, in the county of Marion and State of Illinois, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Belt-Stretchers, of whichthe followingis a full, clear, and exact description. v The object of my invention isto furnish an instrument for bringing the ends of belts together, moreespecially for use in stretching and buckling the straps ofelevating-canvases of harvesting-machines.

To that end my invention consists in a tool having a hook-ended bladeand provided with end of the belt, as hereinafter set forth.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, in which theimproved instrument is shown by a perspective view.

A is the blade of the instrument, fitted to a handle, B, of suitableform. The blade is preferably straight, and atits outer end is formedwith a hook, a.

O G are the pivoted arms, attached to the blade by a rivet at b, andwhich bend outward, so that their outer ends stand apart a suitablewidth. The outer ends of arms 0 are provided with hooks d (1, adaptedfor taking hold upon the buckle; or they may be otherwise shaped tocatch the end of a belt.

In using the instrument the hook a of the blade is to be caught in thesecond hole of the strap. The arms 0 are then turned back toward thehandle B and their ends caught in the buckle. Then, by turning thehandle and blade over, the strap and buckle are brought together, sothat they can be readily connected; or, in case of a belt, the ends canbe fastened by the usual devices.

This instrument is of inexpensive construction, and with it the worknamed can be done quickly and readily.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent-- In belt-stretchers, the combination of hookendedblade A and pivoted hooks (J 0, substantiall y as described, for use inthe manner specified.

ZARDA Fnosrr.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH HANAW, O. E. WIXLEY.

